‘After a great deal of alcohol has been drunk, the members of the society form a circle around Billy, Gilbert and Richard who are to be initiated.’

The question then outlines three initiation rituals, including a man being given oral sex by another male after being blindfolded, another participant being assaulted using a bottle and the third dying after his pubic hair is removed and subsequently becomes infected.

The exam paper concludes: ‘Consider what offences, if any, have been committed.’

A university spokesperson commented: ‘In the part one criminal law examination paper set by the University of Cambridge Law Faculty, hypothetical situations are presented in order to test students’ understanding of different aspects of criminal law.’